What  a Teacher 
Should  Kno\\?  About 
Ohe  Public  Library) 


Public  Library)  of  Cincinnati 

December,  1920 


MAIN  LIBRARY 

Vine  Street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh  Sts. 


FIRST  FLOOR 

Offices 

Offices  of  Board  of  Trustees,  Librarian, 
and  Business  Manager. 

Lecture  Room 

Seats  125  people,  and  may  be  used  upon 
request,  for  Committee  Meetings,  Confer- 
ences, or  Lectures. 

Registration  Desk 

Personal  cards  issued  to  any  resident  or 
tax  payer  of  Hamilton  County  or  non-resi- 
dent working  in  the  County.  Guarantor 
required  for  card  holders  until  eighteen  years 
of  age.  Six  books  allowed  on  an  adult  card 
at  one  time,  only  two  of  which  may  be  Eng- 
lish fiction.  Two  books  allowed  on  a 
juvenile  card  at  one  time  only  one  of  which 
may  be  English  fiction.  Teachers  are  allowed 
in  addition  to  a personal  card  a Teacher’s 
card  on  which  six  books  may  be  borrowed. 
Adult  fiction  and  7 day  books  are  not  issued 
on  a Teacher’s  card.  Cards  are  good  at  all 
Library  agencies. 

Main  Hall 

Catalog  of  all  books  in  the  Library,  open 
shelf  collection,  current  periodicals  of  a gen- 
eral nature,  circulating  and  reference. 

Branch  Library  and  Stations  Department 

Headquarters  of  extension  work  in  general, 
but  especially  that  with  adults.  Delivery 
service  maintained  by  this  Department  be- 
tween Main  Library  and  Branch  Libraries 
makes  the  central  circulating  collection  avail- 
able to  distant  card  holders. 


SECOND  FLOOR 
Children’s  Room 

Carefully  selected  collection  of  books  for 
boys  and  girls.  Juvenile  books  are  reviewed 
by  a trained  Children’s  Librarian  before 
being  placed  in  the  Library.  A collection  of 


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24,307  stereographs  in  603  sets.  Picture  cir- 
culation 592,1)39  for  year  ending  June  1920. 
For  the  assistance  of  adults  who  are  study- 
ing juvenile  books,  a special  collection  of 
editions  is  kept  in  the  room  and  may  ho 
consulted  at  any  time. 

Teacher’s  Room 

Small  room  set  aside  for  the  special  use 
of  teachers.  Open  every  week  day  from  9 
a.  m.  to  6 p.  m.  It  contains  pedagogical 
hooks,  professional  magazines,  reference  col- 
lection of  hooks  on  story  telling  and  hooks 
containing  stories  for  telling,  and  graded 
collection  of  juvenile  books  for  use  of  teach 
ers  selecting  classroom  libraries.  The  Li- 
brarian in  charge  also  has  charge  of  the  Ju- 
venile Loan  Division : the  juvenile  extension 
work  carried  on  in  the  County. 

Office  of  the  Children’s  Department 

In  charge  of  Head  of  the  Children's  Depart- 
ment who  may  be  consulted  at  any  time. 

Useful  Arts  Room 

Contains  books  and  periodicals  oil  pure  and 
applied  science. 


THIRD  FLOOR 

Study  Room 

Adult  reference  collection. 

Civics  Room 

Information  from  many  sources  on  muni- 
cipal, sociological  and  educational  subjects. 
Shelves  contain  books,  magazines,  pamphlets, 
and  clippings.  Material  not  in  form  to  be 
used  by  children.  A good  place  for  teachers 
to  get  source  material  for  use  with  class. 

Art  Room 

Books  and  magazines  on  art  and  allied 
subjects.  Also  27,000  lantern  slides,  which 
may  be  borrowed  for  lectures  or  school  use. 
Number  of  slides  taken  and  time  kept,  ad- 
justed to  meet  the  need.  These  slides  must 
be  called  for  and  returned  personally,  or  by 
accredited  messenger.  Detroit  photographs 
and  other  pictures  may  be  consulted  in,  or 
borrowed  from  this  room. 


THE  SYSTEM  AS  A WHOLE 

The  Public  Library  of  Cincinnati  is  a 
County  Institution.  Besides  the  Main  Li- 
brary there  are  24  Branch  Libraries.  In 
small  towns  and  rural  districts  Library  ser- 
vice is  given  by  means  of  Deposit  Stations 
and  classroom  libraries. 

The  same  rules  apply  thruout  the  system. 
Current  magazines  and  late  fiction  for  adults 
may  be  borrowed  for  7 days  only.  All 
other  circulating  books  and  magazines,  in- 
cluding all  juvenile  material,  may  be 
borrowed  for  14  days  and  renewed  for  a like 
period.  Renewals  may  be  made  over  the 
telephone.  Books  kept  overtime  are  charged 
for  at  the  rate  of  two  cents  a day — Sundays, 
holidays  and  the  day  returned  included. 

REMEMBER  ESPECIALLY 

That  boys  and  girls  are  not  capable  of  us- 
ing all  the  material  in  the  Library 
and  therefore  it  is  better  for  the  teach 
er  to  investigate  the  available  mater- 
ial at  the  nearest  library  agency  be- 
fore sending  a class. 

That  the  Library  will  reserve,  for  a stated 
time,  material  desired  for  an  entire 
class. 

That  advance  notice  of  reference  work  is 
appreciated  by  the  Library  and  in- 
sures better  service. 

That  the  boys  and  girls  of  today  are  the 
men  and  women  of  tomorrow.  We 
want  these  men  and  women  to  be 
readers  and  appreciate  good  books, 
and  to  know  how  to  use  the  Library.  * 
That  the  nearby  Children’s  Librarian,  or 
Branch  Librarian,  would  like  to  know 
you  as  well  as  your  pupils.  Stop  in 
and  see  her  and  talk  over  the  situation. 
That  under  the  heading  of  Education  the 
Library  prints  on  its  weekly  Broad- 
side the  titles  of  pedagogical  books 
recently  added  to  the  collection. 

That  the  Library  has  a Course  of  Instruc- 
tion in  the  use  of  the  Library  and  will 
be  glad  to  give  your  class  a lesson. 
Between  300  and  400  classes  visited 
the  Library  for  such  lessons  in  1919- 
1920. 

That  the  Library  is  glad  to  supply  book 
service,  in  some  form,  wherever  books 
are  needed. 


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PUBLIC  LIBRARY 
OF  CINCINNATI 


TWENTY  FREE  LECTURES 

1920  - 21 


To  be  delivered  in  the 
Lecture  Room  of 


the  Main  Library 


Lecture  room  opens  at  7:30  p m. 
All  lectures  begin  at  8 pun. 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

Washington  T.  Porter 
Henry  W.  Beitmann 
Robert  H.  West 
Eugene  Schaefer 
Charles  W.  Handman 
Ernst  Von  Bargen 
James  A.  Green 

OFFICERS 

W.  T.  Porter,  President 
Henry  A.  Bettmann,  Vice  President 
Eugene  Schaefer,  Treasurer 
James  A.  Green,  Secretary 
Clarence  L.  Stanley,  Clerk 
N.  D.  C.  Hodges,  Librarian 


NOVEMBER  10,  1920 

The  Chateaux  of  Touraine 
Lantern  illustrations 

By 

Richard  E.  Grant 
NOVEMBER  11,  1920 

Canoeing  in  the  Province  of  Patricia 
Lantern  Illustrations 

By 

James  A.  Green 


NOVEMBER  18,  1920 
By  Request 

“The  Land  of  the  Celestials" 
Lantern  Illustrations 

By 

Whitelaw  Reid  Morrison,  M.  D. 


DECEMBER  2,  1920 
American  Pottery 
Lantern  Illustrations 
By 

Ernest  B.  Hasweil 


DECEMBER  9,  1920 

War  Memorials 

Lantern  Illustrations 
By 

judge  Robert  S.  Marx 


DECEMBER  16,  1920 
ffA  Christmas  Carol”  by  Dickens 
Dramatic  Reading 
By 

B.  C.  Van  Wye,  A.  ML 


JANUARY  6,  1921 
Russian  Literature 
By 

The  Rev.  T.  W.  Rainey 


JANUARY  13,  1921 

"The  Plays  of  John  Galsworthy ,f 
By 

Frank  W.  Chandler 


JANUARY  20,  1921 

"Some  French  Cathedrals1’ 
Lantern  Illustrations 
By 

Henry  R.  Shipherd 


JANUARY  27,  1921 

Prehistoric  Man 
Lantern  Illustrations 

By 

C.  M.  Lotspeich 

FEBRUARY  3,  1921 
"Story  of  the  Alphabet” 
Lantern  Illustrations 
By 


The  Rev.  Maxwell  B.  Long 


FEBRUARY  10,  1921 
"Ohio,  the  State  We  Live  In" 
By 

Arthur  James  Kinsella 


FEBRUARY  17,  1921 

"Some  Celebrated  Trials" 
Lantern  Illustrations 

By 

Walter  A.  Ryan 


FEBRUARY  24,  1920 


George  Washington 
Lantern  illustrations 
By 

Edwin  M.  Craig,  M.  D. 


MARCH  3,  1921 
Hardy  Shrubs 
Lantern  Illustrations 
By 

Wilbur  Dubois 


MARCH  \Q,  1921 

Scotland  Through  Highland  Lowland  and  Locli 
Lantern  Illustrations 
By 

J.  A.  Donnell 

MARCH  17,  1921 
"Spring  in  Florence" 

Lantern  Illustrations 

By 

Loueen  Pattee 


MARCH  24,  1921 

"Along  the  Columbian  Highway 
Lantern  illustrations 
By 

Leonard  Carver,  Jr. 


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MARCH  31,  1921 
"A  Trip  to  Labrador" 
Lantern  Illustrations 
By 

Mrs.  Herman  Serodino 


APRIL  4,  1921 

"Little  Journeys  about  Cincinnati" 
Lantern  Illustrations 
By 

Edward  S.  Ebberfc 


